The Secret Identity of…SECRET IDENTITY
Ideas come at you fast – and at weird times. Sometimes the best books take years to bake.
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Month: April 2022
7 Publishing Industry Podcasts for Writers
I love podcasts. But being a writer, my favorite podcasts are ones that help illuminate some aspect of the publishing world. Check out this list of helpful shows, curated just for the Miss Demeanors’ readers.
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Plotting mysteries: 4 reasons to embrace an outline
Granted, pantsing (writing by the seat of your pants) sounds fun, but don’t turn your back on an outline quite yet.
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It’s a Mystery: Why I Love Criticism
When I wrote “the end” on the first fiction I’d ever written, I asked my wife to read it. She’s[…]
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HOW TO NAME YOUR BOOK, OR NOT
Question of the Week for April 22, 2022 Michele Dorsey: Titles, I want to ask about your book titles, ladies.[…]
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Old books, mysteries & ethical dilemmas
Tonight is the official opening of the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. It’s also Charlotte Bronte’s birthday. So appropriate[…]
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For mystery writers, it’s as much business as art
Mystery writers have an image problem There’s an image people have about writers—especially about writers of mystery novels. Everybody seems[…]
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Traveling Isn’t For Sissies: My Adventures At Left Coast Crime
With in-person events back in the universe, those of us who’ve spent two years holed up in our writing caves[…]
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A New Resource for the Aspiring Crime Writer: The Manuscript Academy
I just discovered a wonderful resource for the aspiring crime writer: The Manuscript Academy.
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9 Mystery Writers Confess to Guilty Pleasures
What is your current guilty pleasure?
Let’s assume we’re talking books or television :-). I’ve been bingeing season 2 of Bridgerton, which is very silly, predictable, and can best be described as a young lady’s wildly historically inaccurate fantasy of Regency-adjacent alternate universe. But every night, I look forward to watching it. I don’t even understand why I do. There are two “teenage” characters played by women in their thirties and some of the characters who are meant to be in their twenties look twice that old. I don’t care.
It’s fluffy and relaxing. I don’t have to think too hard and I know nobody will be hurt too badly. There will be a happy ending, lots of pink and lavender dresses, and everyone is buff.
And you?
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